Aurionpro Mumbai International GM+Junior Chess 2025 R4-5: Lalit and Arsen lead masters, Madhesh and Aansh leading Juniors

by Himank Ghosh - 21/06/2025

After 5 rounds of play at the Aurionpro Mumbai Grandmaster and Junior tournament, we have 2 players co-leading in the Masters and Junior section each. In the GM Open, Armenian IM Arsen Davytan is leading alongwith Indian GM Lalit Babu MR - both are on 5/5 points. In the Juniors tournament, the top seed Aansh Nandan Nerurkar is co-leading with Madhesh Kumar S - they are also on a perfect score. Madhesh scored the biggest upset of the tournament so far by defeating GM Tornidze Sanikidze in Round 4 of the GM Open! Photos: Himank Ghosh, Vivek Sohani

Madhesh scores a huge win against Grandmaster Tornidze Sanikidze

CM Madhesh Kumar S (2243, IND) scored the biggest win of his chess career so far by defeating GM Tornidze Sanikidze (2425, GEO) in the 4th round of the Aurionpro Mumbai GM Open 2025. In an intense situation, Madhesh held his nerves well and went on to win!

Madhesh (left) en route to defeat Sanikidze | Photo: Himank Ghosh

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In the 4th round of the GM Open, Manuel Petrosyan (2541, ARM) scored a strong win with the White pieces over GM Alexei Fedorov (2370, BLR).

Petrosyan (left) deep in thought before his game against Federov | Photo: Himank Ghosh

In the Juniors tournament, Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2166, MP) scored a win in a rollercoaster game against Andalamala Hemal Varshan (1904, AP) in the 4th round. Some cute tactics in the end finished off the game!

Grandmaster Lalit Babu MR (2499, IND) scored a fine win with the Black pieces against GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (2370, VIE) in the 5th round of the GM Open. This win took him to 5/5 points!

Lalit in good spirits before the start of the round! | Photo: Vivek Sohani

IM Arsen Davytan played a beautiful game with the White pieces in the 5th round of the GM Open to defeat GM Mihail Nikitenko! This win puts Arsen on 5/5 points also - he is co-leading with Lalit.

Arsen is playing some amazing chess so far! | Photo: Vivek Sohani

In the 5th round of the Juniors, the top seed Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (2356, MAH) took down Adhiraj Mitra (1996, JH) to move to 5/5 points!

Aansh pondering over his next move| Photo: Himank Ghosh

Madhesh Kumar S joined him at the lead by scoring a strong win over Madhvendra Pratap Sharma! Both of them are on 5/5 points.

Madhesh en route to defeat Madhavendra | Photo: Himank Ghosh

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GM tournament standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2499	AP	5	16	18,5	18,50	5
2	11	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	ARM	2402	ARM	5	13,5	16	16,00	5
3	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka	GEO	2529	GEO	4,5	15,5	18,5	16,25	4
4	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2551	GEO	4,5	15	18	15,75	4
5	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2541	ARM	4,5	14,5	17,5	15,25	4
6	6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	ARM	2472	ARM	4,5	14,5	16,5	14,50	4
7	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2456	RUS	4,5	14	16,5	14,25	4
8	16	IM	Budhidharma, Nayaka	INA	2369	INA	4,5	14	16	13,75	4
9	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2370	BLR	4,5	14	15	12,75	4
10	13	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	RUS	2372	RUS	4,5	13	14	12,00	4
11	4	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	BLR	2520	BLR	4	16	19	14,00	4
12	12	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2378	VIE	4	16	18,5	13,50	4
13	8	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2456	MAH-MUM	4	15	19	15,00	4
14	26	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	IND	2243	PY	4	14,5	17	12,50	4
15	30		Advik, Amit Agrawal	IND	2218	MAH	4	14	16	11,75	3

GM tournament Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2499	5		5	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	2402	11
2	16	IM	Budhidharma, Nayaka	2369	4½		4½	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2551	1
3	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	4½		4½	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2372	13
4	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	4½		4½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	3
5	6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	4½		4½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	7
6	4	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2520	4		4		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2236	27
7	28	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2232	4		4	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2425	9
8	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	4		4	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	2086	45
9	30		Advik, Amit Agrawal	2218	4		4	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	12
10	37		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	2143	4		4	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2370	15
11	51	WCM	Aamuktha, Guntaka	2068	4		4	GM	Neelotpal, Das	2361	17
12	18		Nithin, Babu	2360	4		4		Sri, Charan Sandipagu	2018	61
13	76		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	1987	4		4	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2337	19
14	80		Rachit, H Gurnani	1976	4		4	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	21

Juniors Tournament standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	IND	2243	PY	5	14,5	17,5	17,50	5
2	1	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar	IND	2356	MAH-MUM	5	13,5	16	16,00	5
3	20		Goutham, Ramesh	IND	1904	TN	4,5	13,5	15,5	13,50	4
4	5	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	IND	2166	MP	4	16	19	14,00	4
5	9		Badole, Shaunak	IND	2007	MAH	4	14,5	16	11,50	4
6	29		Advik, Reddy Moate	IND	1814	TG	4	14	15,5	10,50	4
7	10	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	IND	1996	JH	4	13,5	15,5	10,50	4
8	16		Salunke, Siddhant	IND	1915	MAH	4	13	15,5	12,25	3
9	21		Mahir, Taneja	IND	1896	DL	4	13	15	11,25	3
10	7	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	IND	2018	KL	4	12,5	15	11,75	3
11	3		Advik, Amit Agrawal	IND	2218	MAH	4	12,5	14,5	11,00	3
12	19		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	IND	1904	AP	4	12,5	14,5	10,50	4
13	50		Kushagra, Paliwal	IND	1741	MAH	4	12	13	9,50	4
14	17		Shubh, Atha	IND	1911	GJ	4	11	13,5	10,50	4
15	13		Ramanuj, Mishra	IND	1948	UP	4	10,5	12	9,50	4

Juniors Tournament Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar	2356	5		5	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	2243	2
2	5	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2166	4		4½		Goutham, Ramesh	1904	20
3	3		Advik, Amit Agrawal	2218	4		4		Salunke, Siddhant	1915	16
4	7	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	2018	4		4		Shubh, Atha	1911	17
5	9		Badole, Shaunak	2007	4		4		Advik, Reddy Moate	1814	29
6	19		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	1904	4		4	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	1996	10
7	13		Ramanuj, Mishra	1948	4		4		Kushagra, Paliwal	1741	50
8	21		Mahir, Taneja	1896	4		3½		Jagreet, Misra	1971	12
9	37		Rishen, Jilowa	1775	3½		3½		Avirat, Chauhan	2168	4
10	39		Pratyush, Kumar	1773	3½		3½		Samuel, Stephen Noble S	2008	8
11	11	CM	Vyom, Malhotra	1975	3½		3½	AIM	Pratham, Nayyar	1751	46
12	49		Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty	1747	3½		3½		Nijesh, R	1931	15
13	25		Singh, Shaurya	1849	3½		3½	AFM	Maniar, Hriday	1787	36
14	42		Gaurang, Bhandari	1767	3½		3½		Sundar, Divij P	1848	26
15	55		Arav, Vinod	1720	3½		3½		Ayaan, Trikha	1817	28

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